OFDA Annual Report for FY 2008
 To read the OFDA FY 2008 Annual Report, click here (18.40MB PDF).
FY 2008: Year in Review
FAST FACTS FOR FY 2008 |
| Number of OFDA disaster responses |
80 |
| Number of countries to receive OFDA disaster support |
62 |
| OFDA's total budget |
$739.5 million |
| OFDA percentage of USAID budget |
4.8% |
| Most frequent disaster |
Floods |
| Most funded sector |
Logistics and Relief Supplies |
In FY 2008, OFDA responded to 80 disasters affecting at least 202 million people in 62 countries. Conflict, flooding, drought, food insecurity, and a cyclone, as well as cholera, Ebola, and meningitis outbreaks, confronted populations in countries throughout Africa. Asia and the Pacific region experienced natural disasters, including a typhoon, cyclone, earthquake, floods, a winter emergency, and food insecurity, as well as complex emergencies. Countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA) required assistance to meet humanitarian needs resulting from floods, wildfires, earthquakes, food insecurity, an industrial accident, a munitions explosion, and complex political and security challenges. Hurricanes, tropical storms, and flooding accounted for the majority of disaster declarations in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, with additional OFDA responses to drought, food insecurity, and a yellow fever outbreak.
Populations affected by both natural disasters and complex emergencies required humanitarian assistance, including safe drinking water, emergency shelter, health care services, food security interventions, and emergency relief supplies such as soap, kitchen sets, water containers, and blankets. Countries facing insecurity or emerging from periods of political or economic volatility also needed support for local capacity building, protection of vulnerable populations, and coordination of response efforts.
OFDA Funding By Sector
* Risk reduction includes geological and meteorological hazard mitigation activities and some disaster risk reduction activities. The sector does not include all disaster risk reduction activities, many of which are included in other sector totals.
** Other includes chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) preparedness activities; urban search and rescue activities; and administrative support.
LARGEST RESPONSES IN FY 2008 |
COUNTRY |
DISASTER TYPE |
FY 2008 FUNDING |
| Sudan |
|
$137.3 million |
| Iraq |
|
$75.3 million |
| Somalia |
|
$51.2 million |
| Ethiopia |
|
$35.2 million |
| Burma |
|
$26.4 million |
In FY 2008, OFDA provided more than $553 million for the purchase and distribution of emergency relief supplies and to support humanitarian interventions in the following sectors: health; nutrition; protection; local/regional food purchase; agriculture and food security; shelter and settlements; economy and market systems; humanitarian coordination and information management; search and rescue; logistics and relief commodities; risk reduction; and water, sanitation, and hygiene. OFDA deployed Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) or emergency teams to Bangladesh, Burma, Dominican Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Haiti, the Horn of Africa, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, and Sri Lanka.
OFDA Funding By Region
In addition to responding to ongoing disasters, OFDA directed nearly $41 million to prepare for and mitigate potential disasters. OFDA tailored disaster risk reduction activities to address specific risks confronted by different communities and designed programs to build and improve local disaster management capabilities. In FY 2008, these efforts included support for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and volcano monitoring programs, health sector capacity building, and global flood hazard mapping.
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